xv, 325 pages ; 24 cm

"John Kenneth Galbraith: The Economist as Political Theorist is a comprehensive analysis of Galbraith's political economy, placing him within the development and evolution of twentieth-century American liberalism. Waligorski examines the continuing link between politics and economics in American political discourse by locating Galbraith in a framework of liberal and conservative theory, controversy, alternatives, and policy."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-314) and index

Themes and problems -- Disguising reality : critique of ideological thinking in political economy -- Rethinking liberal values : power and (political) economics -- Equality and the proper liberal -- A liberal critique of "liberal" freedom -- Galbraith and the economic debate over democracy -- A role for government -- A good society : individuality, community, and social balance -- Galbraith and American liberalism

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